Will the Saudi-UAE ceasefire hold in Yemen? | Inside Story

Yemen is one of the few places left on earth without a coronavirus case.
But health workers worry it’s only a matter of time before they record the first infections.
An outbreak would add more misery to a country suffering from five years of war.
Fighting has destroyed hospitals, killed more than 100,000 people, and pushed millions towards famine.
The Saudi-UAE coalition has now begun a ceasefire after an appeal from the United Nations.
How will the Iranian-backed Houthis respond?

Presenter: Bernard Smith

Guests:

Sultana Begum – Advocacy Manager for the Norwegian Refugee Council

Hussain Al Bukhaiti – Houthi and Yemeni Affairs Commentator

Elisabeth Kendall – Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Oxford

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In This Story: Yemen

Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is the second-largest Arab sovereign state in the peninsula, occupying 527,970 square kilometres. The coastline stretches for about 2,000 kilometres.

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